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>> well, this has become a very big subject in the law professor world. the 14th amendment is one of the most familiar parts of the constitution, guarantees due process of law, equal protection of the law. but there is frankly a provision in section 4 that i have never paid any attention to before. and it goes like this. section 4 of the 14th amendment said "the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned". now, i don't know exactly what that means. i don't think anybody knows precisely what that means. but it has been suggested that under that provision, president obama could simply order that the debt be paid and that this crisis be forestalled. he has mostly reject that option, but as far as i've read their statements, they have not completely rejected that option. obama has always said, look, i think this should be dealt with by congress, not by unilaterally under the 14th amendment. but under my reading of their statements, they haven't completely ruled out in a total crisis situation invoking the section of the amendment
>> well, this has become a very big subject in the law professor world. the 14th amendment is one of the most familiar parts of the constitution, guarantees due process of law, equal protection of the law. but there is frankly a provision in section 4 that i have never paid any attention to before. and it goes like this. section 4 of the 14th amendment said "the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned". now, i don't know exactly what that means....
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it's not going to be that big a deal. listen to michele bachmann, listen to a ton of these house republicans, just shut the thing down. that's the only way you get a bill to do this thing. it's sinful to vote for this. and by the way, a majority of the country says that they're not in favor of increasing the debt limit. that's just a fact. >> and you also have people like nancy pelosi saying that entitlement reform is absolutely off the table even after the president of her own party put it on the table. so there are people in both parties who are playing games with. this i just think it's a shame that a deal that would have both raised revenue, to the tax rates, and reformed entitlements and cut spending has been on the table in washington, d.c. for six months and it hasn't gotten done. >> well, i don't know of a single democrat that said that that is no big deal if we don't raise the debt -- >> nancy pelosi and others said you can't touch entitlements. >> i don't know of a single democrat that said it's not a big deal i
it's not going to be that big a deal. listen to michele bachmann, listen to a ton of these house republicans, just shut the thing down. that's the only way you get a bill to do this thing. it's sinful to vote for this. and by the way, a majority of the country says that they're not in favor of increasing the debt limit. that's just a fact. >> and you also have people like nancy pelosi saying that entitlement reform is absolutely off the table even after the president of her own party put...
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this but that's not the big point right now. the critical point is as moody's is warning as ben bernanke warned today and congress, the critical point is this country must not go into default on august 2nd. and they need to reach some minimal agreements to avoid that. that should not be hard to do. now, what they can get beyond that is really important, but it's not as urgently necessary as making sure we get this done. then we can move to the more moderate term crisis or the moderate crisis, moderate term crisis which is the huge deficits. we do have to solve those, but not before august 2nd. we have to get a deal to avoid a catastrophe on august 2nd. >> so nicole, for republicans tomorrow, do they need to change strategy given what happened today? or what do they do going into this meeting tomorrow? >> look, it was barack obama who stood in the rose garden just a few months ago and talked about -- when he signed into law the extension of the bush tax cuts he seemed to understand that raising taxes is not the right thing to do
this but that's not the big point right now. the critical point is as moody's is warning as ben bernanke warned today and congress, the critical point is this country must not go into default on august 2nd. and they need to reach some minimal agreements to avoid that. that should not be hard to do. now, what they can get beyond that is really important, but it's not as urgently necessary as making sure we get this done. then we can move to the more moderate term crisis or the moderate crisis,...
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but having said that, i think the big obstacles are still the big obstacles. the question is, will you raise taxes, right? >> will you raise taxes. let's go to the republican on that one. ari fleischer, you know how this works from your days on the hill and at the white house. the house proposal will die in the senate tomorrow. then the real negotiations begin. how much of a leash does the republican speaker have negotiating a deal with the president of the united states that could include the ex piration, allowing the bush tax cuts to expire at least for those at the top end, the wealthy? >> john, i think the only way that tax cuts for the upper income tier expires is if barack obama is willing to put on the table the individual mandate. that's a pretty loud and clear message that he's been getting from republicans in these negotiations. clearly there is something in the air, and it's big in washington tonight. the new element is something called a trigger. there's been a lot of talk now involving the president and republican leaders in the white house about
but having said that, i think the big obstacles are still the big obstacles. the question is, will you raise taxes, right? >> will you raise taxes. let's go to the republican on that one. ari fleischer, you know how this works from your days on the hill and at the white house. the house proposal will die in the senate tomorrow. then the real negotiations begin. how much of a leash does the republican speaker have negotiating a deal with the president of the united states that could...
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and. >> you could tell he'd been in o'for a long time, he was a real big buff guy. he walked up, looked at ever b everybody and turned the channel. and i found it very interesting. larry looked at me and very quietly mumbled under his breath, hey, i was watching that show. >> keene leaped into action and knocked the guy out. >> i nailed him with an upper cut and kicked him through three rows of chairs. he was beat up real bad and had to go to the hospital and they took me and threw me in the hole. >> it was worth it. and it was a breakthrough with hall. >> he not only now looked at me as a guy he could look at and say, wow, he thinks i'm cool coming from him, that's a compliment. and now he's also able to protect me. >> now, keene had hall's trust and had him talking. one night, in hall's cell, he told keene the truth about what happened to tricia reitler. but what hall told keene was different from what some investigators believed. it was his story, along with some evidence that created a roadmap i wanted to follow to try to figure out what happened to tricia reitl
and. >> you could tell he'd been in o'for a long time, he was a real big buff guy. he walked up, looked at ever b everybody and turned the channel. and i found it very interesting. larry looked at me and very quietly mumbled under his breath, hey, i was watching that show. >> keene leaped into action and knocked the guy out. >> i nailed him with an upper cut and kicked him through three rows of chairs. he was beat up real bad and had to go to the hospital and they took me and...
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and we had big, big push back from the hiphop community about not doing biggie's case. and nobody would cooperate with police. i say one thing. you can remain anonymous. if it was your brother and somebody shot him cold-bloodedly, wouldn't you want to do the right thing? >> that's the thing. there were people, i mean, in tupac shakur's case there were people sitting right next to him. and biggie smalls' case there were people who witnessed this. and these are people who claim to be his friends. they were people who made money off him, made money from him. and yet refused to say anything. because they're afraid -- maybe they're afraid for their own life. i don't even give them that much credit. they're just afraid of being seen as a snitch which is just absurd. >> takes a lot of courage to do the right thing. it takes a lot of guts to say, i know who did that. this is the person. this is what happened. i've been on the streets. most of the people in those areas where these gangsters operate, they're terrified. they're good people. they're trapped there by poverty. they w
and we had big, big push back from the hiphop community about not doing biggie's case. and nobody would cooperate with police. i say one thing. you can remain anonymous. if it was your brother and somebody shot him cold-bloodedly, wouldn't you want to do the right thing? >> that's the thing. there were people, i mean, in tupac shakur's case there were people sitting right next to him. and biggie smalls' case there were people who witnessed this. and these are people who claim to be his...
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you mentioned august 3rd, that big social security payment? according to many republicans, unless we default on an actual debt we don't have to get our debt downgraded. according to s & p and ben bernanke, if you default on any payment you're supposed to make, even if it's not to a bond holder you could face that. >> republicans who say, look, i don't buy it's this big catastrophe waiting to hit after august 2nd. >> reporter: they absolutely could be right. but anderson, you and i were together on september 15, 2008 after they decided a lot of smart people decided to let lehman brothers fail thinking it's not that big of a deal. i don't know which way it's going to go. i don't know if we should be playing with fire like this. >> john, what do you make of jessica's reporting that she's hearing mitch mcconnell is wanting president obama to be at the table in any negotiations? >> as a couple of political reasons for that in the sense that then you can't cut a deal then the white house will say we're going to try this. to move the goal post. the w
you mentioned august 3rd, that big social security payment? according to many republicans, unless we default on an actual debt we don't have to get our debt downgraded. according to s & p and ben bernanke, if you default on any payment you're supposed to make, even if it's not to a bond holder you could face that. >> republicans who say, look, i don't buy it's this big catastrophe waiting to hit after august 2nd. >> reporter: they absolutely could be right. but anderson, you and...
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i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> back with the breaking news coverage. the battle over the debt ceiling tonight, house approved speaker boehner's plan by a razor thin margin but a short time later the senate killed it and plan put forward by senator leader harry reid will come up for doe bait on sunday. jessica yellin, kate bolduan, gloria borger and ali velshi. kate, have members of the congress left for tonight or is there still some kind of back room meeting going on? >> reporter: it seems they have call it a night at least for this evening. the house is back in at noon tomorrow and the senate's back in around the same time. but other than the very symbolic vote that you've been talking about, anderson, where the house is going to t
i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> back with the breaking news coverage. the battle over the debt ceiling tonight, house approved...
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it's a big deal. if america finally wakes up and recognizes that if they turn their backs, these guys will go right back to what they've been doing for generations. it's time for america to make some statements. and if we're really serious about protecting children we need to focus on these folks. to a much greater degree. i could fill an entire show just listing the nape names of elected officials, law enforcement officials in utah and arizona that have dropped the ball. members of the media that have turned their backs or done flattering stories. the list of bad guys is very long here. let's hope that this trial will wake everybody up. >> well, you've been doing some reporting on this for over ten years like you said. appreciate you being on, mike watkus. >> happy to be here. >>> still ahead the judge in the case of the casey anthony trial decides when he's going to release the names of the jurors. plus friends and family gather to mourn amy winehouse as investigators find out why she died. and a ne
it's a big deal. if america finally wakes up and recognizes that if they turn their backs, these guys will go right back to what they've been doing for generations. it's time for america to make some statements. and if we're really serious about protecting children we need to focus on these folks. to a much greater degree. i could fill an entire show just listing the nape names of elected officials, law enforcement officials in utah and arizona that have dropped the ball. members of the media...
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if you put all that together, that's a big deal. and it's a deal that's been around in washington at least since the deficit and debt commission. and i think would get broad bipartisan support. and so everyone has been pushing up against this deadline which we also knew was coming for a long time. >> right. >> to see how the politics is going to turn out. >> but again, carly, just to be clear without generating any new revenue can you adequately address this problem despite all the things you just said? >> oh, i think revenue razors, in my opinion, are fine. that's different than raising tax rates. and i think what we need to do is lower tax rates and close loopholes, and that raises revenue. and i think there's broad support for that. >> john corzine, on the other hand we're still recovering from a major recession which is i think what's captured so many people's attention. republicans say now is not the time to take any money out of the pockets of, as you heard, job creators. >> do they have a point? >> let me start with, almost e
if you put all that together, that's a big deal. and it's a deal that's been around in washington at least since the deficit and debt commission. and i think would get broad bipartisan support. and so everyone has been pushing up against this deadline which we also knew was coming for a long time. >> right. >> to see how the politics is going to turn out. >> but again, carly, just to be clear without generating any new revenue can you adequately address this problem despite...
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these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. this past year alone.. there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all and knows what to keep in, and what to keep out. outsmart the threats. see how at cisco.com cisco. [♪...] >> male announcer: now, for a limited time, your companion flies free, plus save up to 65%. call 1-800-sandals. conditions apply. >>> larry hall and his brother, gary, had always been a little different. look at you two little boys. which one are you? and which one is larry. >> this would be me. >> gary and larry. in a rare recorded interview obtained by cnn, larry hall recounts a tough start. >> i know when i was born my mother told me that i was blue.
these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. this past year alone.. there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all...
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he does that by getting a big deal. and he needs to cut entitlements, medicare and social security to get there. the democratic senators and house members especially on the left have been saying nancy pelosi said the other day, there are three big issues for 2012 as far as we're concerned, medicare, medicare, and medicare. and here the president is talking about we're going to cut medicare. pelosi wants to run on we're going to protect medicare, so they're going to have an interesting meeting tomorrow. >> i'd love to be a fly on the wall for that. yeah, jessica, quickly. >> i point out that job numbers come out tomorrow, anderson. they're not going to look good for the white house or congress. and so pushing for something big on all fronts helps everybody looks like they're trying. if it fails they can at least say -- the white house can at least say, hey, we tried. we're trying to do something for the economy. what did they do. >> all right. we'll look for that meeting tomorrow. jessica, thanks very much. david gergen,
he does that by getting a big deal. and he needs to cut entitlements, medicare and social security to get there. the democratic senators and house members especially on the left have been saying nancy pelosi said the other day, there are three big issues for 2012 as far as we're concerned, medicare, medicare, and medicare. and here the president is talking about we're going to cut medicare. pelosi wants to run on we're going to protect medicare, so they're going to have an interesting meeting...
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>> it's a very big risk, anderson. there's two different events here and it's hard to keep them separated from each other. the first is getting the debt sealing lifted. that's the critical negotiation under way now. even if we get it lifted, eric's right. standard & poor's is saying even if you get it lifted it's how much you're willing to cut the deficits that they will really judge the triple-a rating of the united states on and if it's something less than $3 to $4 trillion in real cuts they're going to lower the credit rating of the united states for the first time in our history. we've had it since 1917 we've been triple-a. there's a growing sense at top levels here in washington that the chances of a credit rating downgrade is becoming more than just a possibility but moving towards a probability. >> april, for those who haven't been following this as closely as everybody in washington and a lot of other folks have been following it, where do the -- do both plans stand right now? you have harry reids and john boeh
>> it's a very big risk, anderson. there's two different events here and it's hard to keep them separated from each other. the first is getting the debt sealing lifted. that's the critical negotiation under way now. even if we get it lifted, eric's right. standard & poor's is saying even if you get it lifted it's how much you're willing to cut the deficits that they will really judge the triple-a rating of the united states on and if it's something less than $3 to $4 trillion in real...
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now, these are very, very big demands. and i think that's what we're really looking at in egypt today. >> kala, the elections have now been pushed back in egypt. they were supposed to be in september, now they've been pushed back to october-november. they were already had been scheduled earlier than many people had wanted other than the moslem brotherhood, other groups who wanted to be able to establish themselves. do you think it's a good thing that elections have been pushed back? >> i mean, the elections will come when they will come. and i think when we're talking about the pace of change, i think the pace of change will be -- it will be what it will be. i mean, at the end of the day, one month, two months, doesn't really make that big a difference. the issue is really the lack of transparency that we've had by the military who are essentially ruling the country. the fact that we don't know when we have our elections, there are all sorts of elements about how those elections are held that have not been made clear to us
now, these are very, very big demands. and i think that's what we're really looking at in egypt today. >> kala, the elections have now been pushed back in egypt. they were supposed to be in september, now they've been pushed back to october-november. they were already had been scheduled earlier than many people had wanted other than the moslem brotherhood, other groups who wanted to be able to establish themselves. do you think it's a good thing that elections have been pushed back?...
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i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> deadly violence in syria again today as anti-government demonstrators clashed with soldiers after friday prayers. activists say at least 21 civilians were killed along with one soldier. cnn is not able to independently verify this. video shows demonstrations in cities and towns across the country. syrian state tv once again blamed the violence on what it called arms ground and said soldiers were protecting people from those groups. the situation in egypt has received much less attention. hosni mubarek was swept from power. thousands turned out in tahrir square joining several camped out there since last week. they're vowing to stay there until their demands are taken by the council running the country.
i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> deadly violence in syria again today as anti-government demonstrators clashed with soldiers after...
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that seems to be their big mantra the last week or so. i would say okay. the rich can bear more of the burden. why don't we have the rich bear full cost of their medicare and take reduced social security benefits? that is the way the rich can absorb more of the burden. but i don't want to increase taxes. because even if you tack rich people or corporations, it really is taxing everyone because you'll have less jobs and it will hurt the economy. the reason tax revenue's down is that we're growing at such a slow rate. if we could grow again, if our economy could get out of the recession we'd have plenty of revenue. >> on the tax issue then, you have no wiggle room the because the president made the case today look what big clinton did in the 1990s. he raised taxes on wealthy americans and the economy was booming. george bush cut them and we had a more sluggish economy. the current president makes the case bill clinton is proof if you have modest taxes on the rich it won't have the impact on job growth. >> two weeks ago most republicans vote today get rid of
that seems to be their big mantra the last week or so. i would say okay. the rich can bear more of the burden. why don't we have the rich bear full cost of their medicare and take reduced social security benefits? that is the way the rich can absorb more of the burden. but i don't want to increase taxes. because even if you tack rich people or corporations, it really is taxing everyone because you'll have less jobs and it will hurt the economy. the reason tax revenue's down is that we're...
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it was a big question mark going into the trial. and the defense tried to use it to their advantage. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: it is the other question in the casey anthony trial. -- the fbi's dna tests ruled out george or lee anthony. but that didn't stop the defense from suggesting it during one of the most explosive moments of the trial. >> were you asked to conduct a paternity test for lee anthony as to caylee -- being the potential father of caylee anthony? >> jesse grund, casey anthony's ex fiance, isn't the father, either. >> i got a paternity test done to prove that i was not caylee's biological father. >> grund says a pregnant casey told him the baby was his. but when caylee was born less than seven months after the couple had met, he knew it wasn't true. even so, grund wanted to be a father to her. >> did you love little caylee like she was your own child? >> a piece of paper couldn't tell me not to love her like she was my daughter. >> reporter: but casey anthony told different things to different people. according
it was a big question mark going into the trial. and the defense tried to use it to their advantage. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: it is the other question in the casey anthony trial. -- the fbi's dna tests ruled out george or lee anthony. but that didn't stop the defense from suggesting it during one of the most explosive moments of the trial. >> were you asked to conduct a paternity test for lee anthony as to caylee -- being the potential father of caylee anthony? >> jesse...
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why did caylee die is a big piece of it. so when you look at it like that, i think jose baez in his opening statements said reasonable doubt lives in this case. and i think that's come to pass. >> and yet, larry, sonny makes a strong case here. but when you heard the jury had reached a verdict so quickly, shy of 11 hours of deliberations, did your gut say bad news for the defense? >> yes. at first i thought that jury had used its anger and hostility toward casey and made an emotional decision. i mean, it was a very short deliberation considering the complexity of the case that went on for six weeks. but i think the jury clearly -- i mean, they were looking at the state's case. and they felt they didn't make the case. and even though there was science used by the state, i think the jurors decided that that science was not reliable. certainly the defense pulled out their experts and they neutralized essentially neutralized every piece of evidence. and there's real questions now about whether that evidence ever should have been
why did caylee die is a big piece of it. so when you look at it like that, i think jose baez in his opening statements said reasonable doubt lives in this case. and i think that's come to pass. >> and yet, larry, sonny makes a strong case here. but when you heard the jury had reached a verdict so quickly, shy of 11 hours of deliberations, did your gut say bad news for the defense? >> yes. at first i thought that jury had used its anger and hostility toward casey and made an...